KC_FG Butker 43, 8:50. Drive: 7 plays, 39 yards, 3:21. Key plays: Mahomes 16 passes to Pacheco; Mahomes 16 passes to Kelce. Kansas City 3, Cincinnati 0.
Second quarter
KC_FG Butker 24, 2:58pm. Drive: 12 plays, 60 yards, 6:18. Key plays: Mahomes 18 passes to Pacheco; Hardman 2 runs in 3rd and 1st; Mahomes 12 passes to Kelce; Mahomes 13 goes to McKinnon; Mahomes 13 passes to Kelce in 3rd and 19th. Kansas City 6, Cincinnati 0.
Cin_FG McPherson 30, 8:36. Drive: 14 plays, 63 yards, 6:22. Key plays: S.Perine 5 in third and 1; Burrow 10 switches to Wilcox; Burrow 16 passes to Boyd on 3&14; Burrow 24 passes to Boyd. Kansas City 6, Cincinnati 3.
KC_Kelce 14 passes by Mahomes (butker kick), 3:50. Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 4:43. Key plays: Mahomes 11 moves to Valdes-Scantling; Mahomes 29 passes to Valdes-Scantling. Kansas City 13, Cincinnati 3.
Cin_FG McPherson 23, :00. Drive: 12 plays, 90 yards, 2:03. Key plays: Thornhill 0 interception return to Cincinnati 28; Burrow 17 passes to Chase; Mixon 3 runs on 3 and 1; Burrow 11 passes to Higgins; Burrow 21 passes to Higgins. Kansas City 13, Cincinnati 6.
Third quarter
Cin_Higgins 27 pass from Burrow (McPherson kick), 9:54. Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 3:35. Key game: Burrow 11 works in 3rd and 6th. Cincinnati 13, Kansas City 13.
KC_Valdes-Scantling 19 Mahomes pass (butker kick), 4:15. Drive: 12 plays, 77 yards, 5:39. Key plays: Moore kicks return to Kansas City 23; Mahomes 11 passes to Hardman in 3rd and 4th; Mahomes 25 goes to Valdes-Scantling; Mahomes 7 passes to Valdes-Scantling in 3a and 7a. Kansas City 20, Cincinnati 13.
Fourth quarter
Cin_S.Perine 2 run (McPherson football), 1.30pm. Drive: 6 plays, 45 yards, 2:25. Key play: Burrow 35 passes to Chase in 4th and 6th. Cincinnati 20, Kansas City 20.
KC_FG Butker 45, :03. Drive: 4 plays, 26 yards, 12:27. Key game: Mahomes 5 runs in 3rd and 4th. Kansas City 23, Cincinnati 20.
A_73,426.
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Cin KC FIRST DOWNS 18 23 Rushing 6 3 Passes 11 17 Penalties 1 3 THIRD DOWN EFFECTIVE 6-14 7-14 FOURTH DOWN EFFECTIVE 1-1 1-1 TOTAL NET YARDS 309 357 Total Plays 63 66 Average Earnings 4.9 5. 4 NET YARDS RUSHING 71 42 Rushes 17 20 Average per rush 4,176 2.1 NET YARDS PASSING 238 315 Sacked-Yds Lost 5-32 3-11 Gross-Yds Passing 270 326 Completed-Att. 26-41 29-43 Had intercepted 2 0 yards-Pass Play 5,174 6,848 KICKOFFS-EndZone-TB 4-3-1 6-3-3 PUNTS-Average. 4-49.0 4-37.75 Blocked Punts 0 0 Blocked FGs-PATs 0-0 0-0 TOTAL RETURN YARDAGE 61 110 Punt Returns 1-5 3-41 Kickoff Returns 3-56 3-63 Interceptions 0-0 2-6 PENALIES- Yds 9-71 4-55 FUMBLES-Lost 0-0 2-1 TIME OF POSSESSION 27:09 32:51
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING_Cincinnati, Burrow 4-30, Perine 5-22, Mixon 8-19. Kansas City, Pacheco 10-26, Mahomes 3-8, Hardman 2-7, McKinnon 4-1, R.Jones 1-0.
PASSING_Cincinnati, Burrow 26-41-2-270. Kansas City, Mahomes 29-43-0-326.
RECEPTION_Cincinnati, Higgins 6-83, Chase 6-75, Hurst 4-37, Mixon 3-15, Perine 3-4, Boyd 2-40, Wilcox 1-10, Irwin 1-6. Kansas City, Kelce 7-78, Valdes-Scantling 6-116, Pacheco 5-59, Moore 3-13, McKinnon 2-17, Hardman 2-10, Kemp 1-13, Toney 1-9, Smith-Schuster 1- 7, gray 1-4.
PUNT RETURN_Cincinnati, Taylor 1-5. Kansas City, Moore 2-29, Tony 1-12.
KICK OFF RETURN_Cincinnati, T.Williams 2-46, Irwin 1-8. Kansas City, Pacheco 2-45, Moore 1-18.
CONTRAST-ASSIST-SACK_Cincinnati, Bell 5-2-0, Apple 5-1-0, L.Wilson 5-1-0, Hilton 4-1-0, Bates 3-3-0, Ossai 3-2-0, Pratt 2-5-0, C.Sample 2-0-1, Reader 1-3-0, Taylor-Britt 1-2-0, Tupou 1-2-0, Hubbard 1-1-1, Hendrickson 1-1 -0, Higgins 1-0-0, Hurst 1-0-0, Carter 0-3-0, B.Hill 0-1-0. Kansas City, Reid 7-0-0, McDuffie 6-0-0, Cook 4-0-0, Ja.Watson 4-0-0, Danna 3-2-0, C.Jones 3-1-2, J .Williams 3-1-0, Saunders 3-0-0, Clark 2-1-1.5, Thornhill 2-1-0, Bolton 1-3-0, Karlaftis 1-0-1, Sneed 1-0-0, Gay 0-1-0.5, Harris 0-1-0, Nnadi 0-1-0.
INTERCEPTIONS_Cincinnati, none. Kansas City, Ja.Watson 1-10, J.Williams 1-(minus 4).
FIELD GOALS LOST_None.
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OFFICIALS_Referee Ron Torbert, Ump Ramon George, HL Kent Payne, LJ Jeff Seeman, FJ Tom Hill, SJ Boris Cheek, BJ Todd Prukop, Replay Roddy Ames.
